Blogs from Grenada, Central America Caribbean

Day One of the Barbados to Panama cruise to Soufriere St Lucas So who are our crew this leg of the journey? So of course there is myself and Mike, then we also have Eric and Sue and our American contingency Cleve and Sandy who went across the Atlantic with us. Now we have more crew who have joined us Sue, Anne, Kate and Julie who are Sue and Eric’s Friends and then Sylvia and Mimi and Mike and Darleen who are the friends of Cleve and Sandy‘s. Introductions now complete. So Mike and I are up early for the sunrise and it was brilliant as no one else is there apart from another lady. It was nice to have Mike get up this early - not like when we crossed the Atlantic it is definitely ... read more

Friday July 26 - As we pulled in, it seemed that St. George's may be the nicest looking city I’ve seen in the Caribbean. I do have a bad memory and haven’t yet walked around it, but it looks really pretty and well organized. Khalidah had written earlier to say her and a friend would pick me up, but she wasn’t there. I started to get a little nervous and decided I would get on a bus at 6pm if she wasn’t there by then - half an hour seemed like enough time to wait. I had no way to contact her, and perhaps she had to cancel. But with five minutes to go, they arrived. They were in a bus - I didn’t know her friend was a bus driver - but he wasn’t working, ... read more

Our 10 day sailing adventure from St. Lucia to Grenada is done and we are now relaxing at a beach front cottage in Grenada. We fly home tomorrow.... read more

Mittwoch, 24.01.2018 Saint George’s (Grenada): sonnig, Min. 24°C Max.28°C Der heutige Ausflug in die Natur von Grenada war ein voller Erfolg. Zwar musste ich wieder den Wecker stellen, habe da schon langsam Übung darin, doch es hatte sich auf alle Fälle gelohnt. Nun folgen ja wieder zwei Tage auf See, an denen wir nicht so früh aufstehen müssen. Mit einem kleinen Toyotabus ging es über die Insel in ein Regenwaldreservat. Obwohl im Moment Trockenzeit, regnete es auf der Hinfahrt ziemlich heftig. Durch den heftigen Regenguss, war der Weg durch das Dickicht sehr nass und entsprechend rutschig. Obwohl in der Tourenbeschreibung stand, dass man gutes Schuhwerk tragen sollte und die Tour für Personen mit eingeschränkter Mobilität nicht zu empfehlen ist, waren doch Leute in Badeschuhen und auch einer mit Krücken dabei. Na ja, irgend wi ... read more

Grenada (pronounced 'Gri-NAY-da') has been dubbed the 'Spice Island' because of its impressive production of a wide variety of spices, of which nutmeg is the most plentiful. The island is a heady mix of rainforests, fecund valleys, terraced gardens and rivers that fall away to white-sand beaches, bays and craggy cliffs. St George's, the capital, is considered one of the most attractive in the Caribbean, built around a harbor known as the Carnenage. It comprises one main island with a couple of smaller islands, has a population of just over 100,000, and lies at the southern tip of the Windward chain where, apart from Jamaica, it is the closest of the Caribbean islands to Venezuela. We took our first organised excursion here, titled 'Nutmeg and Falls', which had us first driving north up the west coast ... read more